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Dustin Hoffman Calls Filming ‘The Graduate’ a Terrible Experience
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Dustin Hoffman Calls Filming ‘The Graduate’ a Terrible Experience

Dustin Hoffman described shooting the 1967 film "The Graduate" as a "terrible experience" in a New Yorker essay.

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